Re: CHAT: Unsolicited abuse

Quoth Joel Matthew Pearson:

>I once had a psychologist tell me that my conlanging was no better
>than mental masturbation (whatever that means), and the sign of a
>maladjusted personality.  Basically, he accused me of being a
>sociopath.  Boy, did *that* ever make my day...  So take heart!
>Everyone gets conlang-bashed from time to time.
Huh.  I've never told any of my shrinks about my conlanging fetish.  I'm
kinda scared to, because they'd think I'd be having a relapse.
(Incidentally, one of the symptoms of schizophrenia and related mental
illnesses is something called "word salad", that is, inventing words,
speaking gibberish, or... I guess that could include some sort of invented
language.

Except I'd figure that a mind under the grips of an active schizophrenic
episode would create a pretty erratic and confusing conlang at best...

Danny


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